Bloomberg South Africa’s main stock index halts a two-day slump, rising 1.4% by 9:54 am in Johannesburg, as dollar weakness lifts the rand, driving locally focused stocks like insurers, financials and retailers Miners extend gains for a third day, rising as sustained demand from Chinese mills lifted iron ore prices, and as greenback weakness drives bullion back towards $2,000 an …

Bloomberg India stocks climbed after the nation’s top court approved a 10-year payment plan for telecom companies to clear combined back-fees worth $19 billion. The S&P BSE Sensex traded 1.3% higher at 12:46 pm in Mumbai, with the surge in Bharti Airtel Ltd. helping the gauge break out of a tentative start to the day. The NSE Nifty 50 Index …

Bloomberg China Evergrande Group’s shares fell the most in two weeks after the company said its debt load increased from the end of last year, falling short on a pledge to remake itself as a leaner company. The company’s total debt edged up 4% to 835 billion yuan at the end of June, compared with 800 billion yuan at the …